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"Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the effort we make to seize it, because it pricks our pride, it excites our curiosity and it appears interesting. In fighting for his God everyone, in fact, fights only for the interest of his own vanity, which, of all the passions produced bye the mal-organization of society, is the quickest to take offense, and the most capable of committing the greatest follies."

"Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast."

"The greatest crime in human history was not the creation of the armaments of warfare and destruction of life, but the invention of hand mirror, which enticed humankind to peer at their surface appearance instead of seeking spiritual salvation. Prior to the invention of the mirror, people saw themselves through other people's eyes or by looking deep within themselves."

"Visibility without Value is Vanity."

"If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to."

"Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth."
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"If Marilyn Monroe was alive right now, what would she be doing?'Clawing at the roof of her coffin."

"You have to give up! you have to give up!You have to realize that someday you will die,Until you know that, you are useless!"

"If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can."

"I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing."
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